György Kurtág has been played on NTS in shows including RVNG Intl. Presents Friends & Fiends, featured first on 28 February 2015. Songs played include Grabstein Für Stephan (Op. 15c), 12 Microludes For String Quartet Op.13 "Hommage à András Mihály" and Ligatura ‎– Message To Frances-Marie (The Answered Unanswered Question), Op. 31/b, Für 2 Violoncelli, 2 Violinen Und Celesta, Version 1.

György Kurtág was born on 19th February 1926 at Lugoj in Romania, not far from the birthplace of fellow Hungarian György Ligeti. Both young composers hoped to study with Béla Bartók in Budapest in 1945, but Bartók died in America and Kurtág went on…